Transform your home into a spa for a creative bachelorette party.
If you're hosting a bachelorette party for a friend or loved one, transform your home into any type of location, from a beach cabana to a spa. Save money by holding the party in your home rather than at a fancy destination. Use decor pieces, lighting elements and food items to turn your house into a festive celebration space. Does this Spark an idea?
Spa Soiree
Pamper the bride-to-be and guests by throwing a spa-themed soiree. Plan treatments and activities aimed at rejuvenating and relaxing the party attendees. Create ambiance by lighting lavender-scented candles, which will fill the air with a relaxing fragrance as well as provide soft lighting. Play CDs featuring soothing music or nature-inspired sounds, such as ocean waves and falling rain. Set up spa stations complete with fluffy terrycloth towels, nail grooming supplies and polishes, face masks, hand cream and massage oils. Have the guests take turns treating each other to massages, manicures, pedicures and facials. You also can hire spa professionals to perform the treatments for the guests. Serve light and healthy snacks and drinks, such as cucumber-flavored water, mimosas, lavender-enhanced egg salad sandwiches, grilled vegetable paninis, salads and a fresh fruit platter.
Beach Bash
If the bachelorette party is taking place in summer, infuse it with a lively beach theme. Turn your backyard or deck into a beach bungalow-inspired space. Allow guests to lounge on comfortable beach chairs covered with vibrant terrycloth towels. Have the towels embroidered with each guest's name or initials and instruct party-goers to take the towels home as favors. Set up a long buffet-style table filled with fresh food items such as seafood, fruit and juices. Serve up bowls of ceviche, tortilla chips and mango and pineapple salsas, skewers of grilled shrimp and scallops, pineapple upside-down cake and cocktails such as mojitos, margaritas and pina coladas. String lights featuring seashells, seahorses, palm trees or other whimsical beach-inspired designs around tree trunks and railings.
Southwestern-Themed Party
Treat a bride-to-be who is a country girl at heart to a southwestern-themed party. Give the party space a down-home flair using rustic d cor pieces and farmhouse-inspired details. If you're holding the party outside, set up rough-hewn wood tables and use hay bales as creative chairs. Roll clean red bandannas as cloth napkins, and fill a resin cowboy boot-shaped vase with wildflowers as a table centerpiece. Serve foods featuring spicy southwestern flavors, such as chipotle salsa and tortilla chips, enchiladas, jalapeno poppers and a moist Mexican chocolate cake featuring a hint of cinnamon. Send guests home with personalized margarita glasses.
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